3 de septiembre de 2013

A two-year post-doctoral position is available in the group of GuillaumeBalavoine and Michel Vervoort at the Institut Jacques Monod (IJM) in Paris(France). The IJM is a leading French biological research institute,comprising about 25 interactive research groups and high-qualitytechnological facilities, including a cutting-edge imaging platform.Theprimary research focusof the group is to reconstruct the early stagesof animal evolution, by comparing the genetic networks that regulatethe developmental patterning of key aspects of the body plan acrossmetazoans. The main model studied by the group is the annelid wormPlatynereis dumerilii, an emerging model species. Platynereis is amember of the Spiralian/Lophotrochozoan branch of the bilaterian treeand is hypothesized to be as close to a "bilaterian living fossil" asa bilaterian can be, both in terms of genome organization and body plan.

The post-doc project aims at understanding and modelling cell movementsand cell shape changes that direct CNS and segment morphogenesisin Platynereis, as well as determining the roles of the Planar CellPolarity (PCP) and Rho/ROCK/MyoII pathways in these behaviours. Theproject will be centered on the use of live imaging, molecularand modelling tools. Candidates should have a strong backgroundin developmental and/or evolutionary biology. Expertise in liveimaging would also be welcome. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. degreein developmental or evolutionary biology and have at least one firstauthor publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Potential candidatesshould send their application by mail to Guillaume Balavoine(balavoine.guillaume@ijm.univ-paris-diderot.fr) and Michel Vervoort(vervoort.michel@ijm.univ-paris-diderot.fr) with a statement of interest,a Curriculum Vitae and contact informations for two referees. The positionwill remain open until filled; however applications received by September30th 2013 will be given priority. The starting date is preferably beforethe end of 2013.

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